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Figure 5:9 Importance of emerging technologies (percentage of “Somewhat importance” + “very important” of
all responses).
Mobile VPN data access
Remote security and …
Synchronous collaboration
Communication enabled …
Instant messaging
Location-based technologies
Location-Aware Technologies
Unified Communication
Data casting
3G (HSDPA)
3G
GPRS
Mobile-FI
WIMAX
WI-FI
Video Telephony
Converged communications
VoIP and IP telephony
5.2.4 Survey Results based on TRI
10 %
10 %
15 %
15 %
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 %
The TRI is part of the m-Readiness framework used in this study as discussed
previously. It considered four aspects of technology readiness components such as
Innovativeness, Optimism, Discomfort and Insecurity. All of the 20 participants
attempted all the questions. Respondents were asked to provide their own perceptions of
the TRI by using a 5 point Likert scale (Appendix A). All answers were recorded in a
spreadsheet using SPSS tool (Appendix I). The SPSS statistic tool provides the
functionality that is able to compute the mean and standard deviation from such data
that were derived from a Likert scale as presented in Appendix G. Using this approach,
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20 %
20 %
20 %
20 %
30 %
40 %
40 %
40 %
Somewhat + very Important Responses
45 %
45 %
45 %
45 %
55 %
60 %